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part of that is education. and then training. to get them up to par. >> sounds like a full plate to me that's it for this edition of to the contrary. please follow me on twitter at bonnie erbe and at tothecontrary and check our website wbs.org/ttc, where the discussion continues. whether you agree or think, to the contrary, please join us next time. >> funding for "to the contrary" provided by: the cornel douglas foundation. committed to encouraging stewardship of the environment, land conservation, watershed protection and eliminating harmful chemicals. additional funding provided by: the colcom foundation, the wallace genetic foundation, and by the charles a. frueauff foundation. for a copy of "to the contrary," please contact federal news service at 1-888-343-1940.
part of that is education. and then training. to get them up to par. >> sounds like a full plate to me that's it for this edition of to the contrary. please follow me on twitter at bonnie erbe and at tothecontrary and check our website wbs.org/ttc, where the discussion continues. whether you agree or think, to the contrary, please join us next time. >> funding for "to the contrary" provided by: the cornel douglas foundation. committed to encouraging stewardship of the...
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up first, the future of education. as chicago public school teachers battled over the future of education in one of america's largest school districts, teachers and parents across the u.s. are taking notes. top of the list? restricting standardized testing as a measure of teacher performance. teachers across the country say standardized testing inhibits and does not improve learning. but administrators say those tests measure how well students are absorbing teachers' classroom studies. some school districts, chicago included, want pay raises and incentives to be tied to those test scores. teachers unions across the country watched the strike for guidance on how they should proceed in their own districts. dr. avis jones-deweever will this change the status of education in this country? >> i don't think it's like alone will change the status. but create a situation where we can look highway teachers, unions, government in general can create better educational opportunities for all of our children. >> sadly, no, there's s
up first, the future of education. as chicago public school teachers battled over the future of education in one of america's largest school districts, teachers and parents across the u.s. are taking notes. top of the list? restricting standardized testing as a measure of teacher performance. teachers across the country say standardized testing inhibits and does not improve learning. but administrators say those tests measure how well students are absorbing teachers' classroom studies. some...
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, it would be very good for us to try to upgrade education, financial will it liy education in schools and for states to concentrate on that. that's going to go a long way toward young people understanding their paychecks, how much the government is taking out for various taxes. that creates better voters to know how to make -- if the government is this big and they're taking this much, how can i help sort out the priorities in terms of what the government should do, and be able to understand as well the recourse where there is, when they do sense they might to be victim of abuse in the workplace. that's appropriate in this case i think wage theft is one of those things we can count is being pretty well covered by the department of labor. >> would you like to see new legislation? >> i would because there are whole sets of workers who are not covered. we cover almost every worker, but there are about four or five categories of workers, all of them are mostly women and all of them are bottom of the economic pile. >> all right. that's it for this edition of to the con carrie. please follo
, it would be very good for us to try to upgrade education, financial will it liy education in schools and for states to concentrate on that. that's going to go a long way toward young people understanding their paychecks, how much the government is taking out for various taxes. that creates better voters to know how to make -- if the government is this big and they're taking this much, how can i help sort out the priorities in terms of what the government should do, and be able to understand...
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we want more latinos to go out and vote and be educated on the issues that are occurring. it starts at home. i think that i remember growing up i was sitting around the table, my dad was a political prisoner in cuba he would talk about importance of freedom of democracy i felt that that was sort of took my charge to go out there and get involved and learn the issues and basically what i've been doing so long. we need more of that, the more of the parents being more engaged with the issues and talking about these important issues for the latino community. what is interesting, we've seen such a rise of conservative hispanics such as senator marco rubio and so many of these that have come out really that even for them they have been able to talk about the message of why it's important to get involved and why it's important for hispanics to vote. we are seeing it in florida where you are going to see i think a lot more active hispanics going out to vote. it's interesting to see how california and texas are just not going down that direction. although we have senatorial candida
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this lowers the quality of education for all students. it also widens achievement gaps, as english-language learners lag way behind their peers. only 12% of non-english speaking students ranked "proficient" in 4th grade math versus 42% of other students. only 5% of non-english-speaking students tested "proficient" in 8th grade math versus 35% of all other students. the gap is even wider on reading tests. and the national statistics show actually that, english language learners, particularly who are hispanic tend to have lower reading proficiency at fourth grade and eighth grade. hispanic students in general have a 57% graduation rate. and so there's a lot of challenges that are facing hispanic students. >> academic achievement or in this case, academic struggles, academic challenges, it's a real strong predictor of how many of these students will, when they get to 9th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade, likely drop out of high school. >> large class sizes make it tough for teachers to give extra attention to those who are falling behind. >> on
this lowers the quality of education for all students. it also widens achievement gaps, as english-language learners lag way behind their peers. only 12% of non-english speaking students ranked "proficient" in 4th grade math versus 42% of other students. only 5% of non-english-speaking students tested "proficient" in 8th grade math versus 35% of all other students. the gap is even wider on reading tests. and the national statistics show actually that, english language...
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education gaps that we see, absolutely we do. but you don't do that with policies that strip away pell grants, that defund public education. you don't do that with policies that make it really difficult for students to get student loan or to close down opportunities for very qualified african american students to get in to college and universities and to more than survive it but to be great success. >> closing the gap, school choice being one of those that would help african americans and latinos, if parents would have their choice to be able to choose for their children what schools to go to instead of being stuck in the failed schools. >> and the -- >> wait, shy not have been given public money to send my son to private school. we need to support our public schools and improve the education that vast majority of children are getting in those public schools. >> but why not give -- >> do all colleges and universities use affirmative action, didn't uc system drop 'purpletive action and -- affirmative action and participate pans of
education gaps that we see, absolutely we do. but you don't do that with policies that strip away pell grants, that defund public education. you don't do that with policies that make it really difficult for students to get student loan or to close down opportunities for very qualified african american students to get in to college and universities and to more than survive it but to be great success. >> closing the gap, school choice being one of those that would help african americans and...
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education. pel grants for students who are going through matriculating in educational universities across the country. we got to get people in the pipeline and incentives to the small businesses to hire people. >> four years to do it, why has he not done it. >> let us know what you think. please follow me on twitter. from women's votes to women's safety. >> a female college student's account of her sexual assault on campus has gone viral. in the amherst student newspaper, former student angie epifano wrote that school officials downplayed her allegations of rape. epifano says when she eventually decided to report the incident, she met with resistance from the school's sexual assault counselor, even hearing "are you sure it was rape?". meanwhile, at miami university, ohio, students circulated a flier touting the "top 10 ways to get away with rape" through a co-ed dorm. the department of justice estimates one in five college women will be sexually assaulted. >> so are we doing enough in this case
education. pel grants for students who are going through matriculating in educational universities across the country. we got to get people in the pipeline and incentives to the small businesses to hire people. >> four years to do it, why has he not done it. >> let us know what you think. please follow me on twitter. from women's votes to women's safety. >> a female college student's account of her sexual assault on campus has gone viral. in the amherst student newspaper,...
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she has personal reasons for her education fodois. high-school graduates. an e becation, which led her to evenatesally become the first woman governor of north carolina. >> i couldn't have been there but for somebody else who made sure that i had a great teacher who had a good salary who cared about me and mnsce uldre i hnsce ab[ity to get a college scholarship and go on to a public university. that's the passion that's soivn me all these years. >> she is yet to announce what her plans are specifically when it comes to education nscjustic, but perdue says she will pursue her passion to transform the education system. >> north carolina has one of the most highly rated pre-k programs in america. we had written the book on the >>k is for children who are at risk and the general assembly has consistently refused to litnd those programs. there's nobody out there in north carolina to speak of in the rsiblic arena saying, stand up and fbe.ht for schools. i intend to lead that drive. >> do you think she can be as effective lobbying for qhosli if education in her st
she has personal reasons for her education fodois. high-school graduates. an e becation, which led her to evenatesally become the first woman governor of north carolina. >> i couldn't have been there but for somebody else who made sure that i had a great teacher who had a good salary who cared about me and mnsce uldre i hnsce ab[ity to get a college scholarship and go on to a public university. that's the passion that's soivn me all these years. >> she is yet to announce what her...
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, in even doctors biology, chemistry, education. you're still seeing this bias in the sciences. are we ever going to overcome it? >> interestingly enough it turns out at yale, they have some of the higher numbers for women in the stem program. 39-46% of their women or of their students in that program are female and i think last year they had around 40 something percent graduation rate where the national average is 38%. what bothers or concerns me with this is some of this is still unfortunately, biased and prejudices. both from men and women. and that's really human nature and how do we get beyond that? because i think part of it, you see with the study that some women graded men higher and that's because they thought the guy was really more qualified or are you afraid you might lose your position? on the other side of that coin is where men, the bias is that do you want to keep an old boy's network or open up for women? so the other thing that i think we are working on but need to work hard ser to encourage our young women to be m
, in even doctors biology, chemistry, education. you're still seeing this bias in the sciences. are we ever going to overcome it? >> interestingly enough it turns out at yale, they have some of the higher numbers for women in the stem program. 39-46% of their women or of their students in that program are female and i think last year they had around 40 something percent graduation rate where the national average is 38%. what bothers or concerns me with this is some of this is still...
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education furlong time we've said that is a hispanic issue, black issue, now all of our issue. how we educate those students is how the country will change in the next hundred years. >> i think we have immigrants paying info a system that they're not necessarily eligible for. and in addition we have increasing number of nontraditional families who deserve ownership over their retirement assets. >> entitlement reforms? you're saying that -- >> social security reform. medicare. >> there are people who are paying phone a system that they're not eligible to get money back out. that is not proper. i think in terms of passing on social security benefits as program is currently structured you can't necessarily pass those on to your children if you paid in to the system. i think that is something that we need to examine. >> is that something congress will get to any time soon? >> we won't even get to the basics soon. i fact we won't even get to the basics when we get to the end of this year. we won't get to ebb titlement reform, get to the things we show have gotten to this year. she's
education furlong time we've said that is a hispanic issue, black issue, now all of our issue. how we educate those students is how the country will change in the next hundred years. >> i think we have immigrants paying info a system that they're not necessarily eligible for. and in addition we have increasing number of nontraditional families who deserve ownership over their retirement assets. >> entitlement reforms? you're saying that -- >> social security reform. medicare....
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it's also about like whom they have invited to speak, you would think american nuns are much better educated than most nuns. and catholicism is thriving because of a huge influx of 80% uneducated immigrants. actually native born americans are leaving the church because of the constraints, because catholic church still operates at hierarchy does the same as it did in medieval times. they see opportunities and they're not joining the church. my question is -- they're not joining the -- not giving their lives away for free like they were. toiling for free up hospitals and schools and my question is, if the vatican keeps it up is it going down to 5,000 nuns in the united states as opposed to 57,000? >> the big picture view. because not only do we have the vatican and i want to be very clear that it's all male hierarchy of the roman catholic charge is out of step with the values of the catholic people. i want to part of family with a lot of nuns in the background, as well as priests. also have vatican going after the survivors' network of those by priests frying to bury them in mountains of reque
it's also about like whom they have invited to speak, you would think american nuns are much better educated than most nuns. and catholicism is thriving because of a huge influx of 80% uneducated immigrants. actually native born americans are leaving the church because of the constraints, because catholic church still operates at hierarchy does the same as it did in medieval times. they see opportunities and they're not joining the church. my question is -- they're not joining the -- not giving...
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>> work underway we want to make sure we can measure results is in the area of education and women in science and technology and engineering. there aren't enough of us in those fields. and this is a major area of emphasis that is connected to the work that the president is doing to grow the economy and the kinds of place where is we are creating jobs. >> polls were showing a lot of women voters who supported president obama in '08 were disappointed. is this conference a way to reenergize them? >> women and the economy is an extension of work we have been doing for more than three years t started with the creation of a couple of women and girls. it started with the engagement of all the federal agencies in making sure they are deliberate in assessing ways our policies effect women and girls. it started with making sure the race to the top program in education had a focus on making sure that states have incentives to drive forward access for women and girls into stem fields. so this is really a continuation of work that has been going on for a long time. >> congresswoman norton, is this
>> work underway we want to make sure we can measure results is in the area of education and women in science and technology and engineering. there aren't enough of us in those fields. and this is a major area of emphasis that is connected to the work that the president is doing to grow the economy and the kinds of place where is we are creating jobs. >> polls were showing a lot of women voters who supported president obama in '08 were disappointed. is this conference a way to...
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experts believe education is a factor. today more women have college and graduate school degrees than men. the poll reveals women want high-profile jobs, as well as marriage and family. the percentage of men who want career and family actually decreased. so, are we heading in to an era tara where women are moriche wishes than men. they find the high paying jobs and dads will be mr. mom? >> well, i don't know if that is necessarily -- if it's going to slip that far. but i think that we've seen the way the economy has forced relationships and decision making by men and women, it shifted that somewhat. even that men lost majority of the jobs in this recession because they were manufacturing jobs, lab hoer oriented, i think that opened up the door for women to say, you know what, we're going to have to take care of ourselves, there may not be men available to take care of us in traditional ways. there is nothing wrong with. that women are getting married later in life, having children later in life that's just -- >> and having
experts believe education is a factor. today more women have college and graduate school degrees than men. the poll reveals women want high-profile jobs, as well as marriage and family. the percentage of men who want career and family actually decreased. so, are we heading in to an era tara where women are moriche wishes than men. they find the high paying jobs and dads will be mr. mom? >> well, i don't know if that is necessarily -- if it's going to slip that far. but i think that we've...
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technologies foundation is proud to support to the contrary on pbs our foundation seeks to advance science education and further society's understanding of the life sciences including the impact of gee ownmics on the practice of medicine. >> and by sam's club. committed to small business and the spirit of the entrepreneur. and proud to support pbs's to the contrary with bonnie erbe. additional funding provided by... this week on a special edition of to the contrary, we take an indepth look at dna sequencing and how it's helping children with rare dna sequencing and how it's helping children with rare diseases. [♪] >> hello i'm bonnie erbe welcome to to the contrary a discussion of news and social trends from diverse perspectives. this week we show you how advances in dna sequencing are helping scientists find cures for rare diseases especially rare childhood diseases. dr. james lupski is a man with a mission as a pediatrician at baylor college of medicine in houston, dr. lupski has devoted much of his medical career to researching and treating children with rare diseases. >> the patients that i ma
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only space their children, decide when they will have their children, as well as stay in school, get educated, get a good job and save their lives due to unneeded complications in childbirth that they wouldn't have gone to had they had access to affordable contraception. >> this is clearly the report i don't think you can argue. you can argue with the numbers but not the facts. you have to also take into consideration, one, where is this money coming from that would provide the contraception worldwide. number two, there is religious and cultural issues in many countries around the world that would make it very difficult if not impossible to have that money and the contraceptions reach the women you want them to reach. so this is not a simple, hey, here's an answer to the problems. >> in algeria, i visited refugee camps and these people have been in refugee status for 37 years and they are 95% literate and it's an all muslim ethnic group and they're not going to take too kindly to the u.n. coming in and trying to promote contraception because that's not what their religious beliefs allow, but
only space their children, decide when they will have their children, as well as stay in school, get educated, get a good job and save their lives due to unneeded complications in childbirth that they wouldn't have gone to had they had access to affordable contraception. >> this is clearly the report i don't think you can argue. you can argue with the numbers but not the facts. you have to also take into consideration, one, where is this money coming from that would provide the...
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and i knew nothing, um, but just a few generalizations and o felt the responsibility to educate myself and then, and then from that it just kind of kept evolving and suddenly there was a script and then suddenly there was a cast, and suddenly here we are. >> you said you never intended to direct but in a sense could you see this as a breakout movie for yourself because it is the first time you are directing? >> um, i mean technically suddenly you turn around and someone says you are a writer, you are a director, but, um, you know, i'm somebody who loves history, i'm somebody who cares about these issues and i was just compelled to tell this story. so i don't know if i'll -- if this is the beginning of a career change as much this is just i needed to tell this story. and in order to do that i had to change careers. but i don't know if i'll be able -- be so compelled to do it again. i hope so, i had a wonderful experience, but it was a very special, very unique experience, with a great, great cast and a great crew. >> when casting for the film, jolie's name was left out of any materials
and i knew nothing, um, but just a few generalizations and o felt the responsibility to educate myself and then, and then from that it just kind of kept evolving and suddenly there was a script and then suddenly there was a cast, and suddenly here we are. >> you said you never intended to direct but in a sense could you see this as a breakout movie for yourself because it is the first time you are directing? >> um, i mean technically suddenly you turn around and someone says you are...
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with save the children on issues affecting children in the united states, including early childhood education and healthy eating. she and her husband, actor ben affleck, both work for their charitable work. "to the contrary" executive producer, cari stein traveled to los angeles to sit down with the actress. >> how does being a mom, how did that impact sort of your decision to take on the role? >> ya know, if i had no children i really would have still been dying to play this women, it's really, i fell in love with the writing and the fact that i do have kids and could relate so much to what peter had written about being a first time parent or parenting in general. it just made me that much hungrier to play her. >> and children are of great importance to you. how did you get involved with save the children? >> after a lot of research of which charity had the most efficacy in the united states and particularly in rural america where i grew up in west virginia. it was very clear to me that save the children was the most successful and cost effective program. >> most people think it's an interna
with save the children on issues affecting children in the united states, including early childhood education and healthy eating. she and her husband, actor ben affleck, both work for their charitable work. "to the contrary" executive producer, cari stein traveled to los angeles to sit down with the actress. >> how does being a mom, how did that impact sort of your decision to take on the role? >> ya know, if i had no children i really would have still been dying to play...
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to continuously say you support education but you support unions allowing inner-city kids to suffer and be enslaved and kept on plantation of failure all because democratic party wants -- that's extremism. >> whoa. that's pretty extreme. i have to say. >> you can look it up anywhere in the mainstream newspaper, other than defense he would -- caught 40% out of all spending. >> including women and children who are medical, who are teachers, who are firefighters. >> social security, medicare. >> medicaid. everything that people think of as part of their plan knowledge for their future. things that they have counted on and he's been very clear pro-ryan that if you are under 55 you cannot expect social security under his plan to be anything but privatized. and if you're over 55, your benefits will be cut. they keep saying that barack obama cut $716 billion out of medicare. what he did was he cut administrative expenses and reimbursements to insurance companies and put every penny of that back in to mammograms, annual check ups, et cetera. ball ryan cuts the same $716 billion but he takes it
to continuously say you support education but you support unions allowing inner-city kids to suffer and be enslaved and kept on plantation of failure all because democratic party wants -- that's extremism. >> whoa. that's pretty extreme. i have to say. >> you can look it up anywhere in the mainstream newspaper, other than defense he would -- caught 40% out of all spending. >> including women and children who are medical, who are teachers, who are firefighters. >> social...
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we started with the new education. and we have got much more women in public sector in the former main sector of engineering and so on. and another way around, that's because we have this 40/60 system. so that in so-so and health sector, in any case culture, we have got more men. which they also use. the president governor made these about 50/50. the previous governor said we have the women at the national government. but we think that if you have not both genders represented, so we said, oh, that's one-sided. >> president halonen wants american women to know you can crack the glass too. >> you can do it. what we try to learn is that women are much strong in business wise. we work hard. we are if you -- futile workers in that way if i put it in those terms. i think that your country would be ready, quite well. >> what -- you know her well, irene. what is her legacy? what is her main legacy? i think it's the legacy of a woman being able to be head of state. i think she's right. a man may have won this time around. no on
we started with the new education. and we have got much more women in public sector in the former main sector of engineering and so on. and another way around, that's because we have this 40/60 system. so that in so-so and health sector, in any case culture, we have got more men. which they also use. the president governor made these about 50/50. the previous governor said we have the women at the national government. but we think that if you have not both genders represented, so we said, oh,...
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to education, which is what you're after to improve your life. >> this is the life you will lead if you have a child at this age and this is the life you could have if you stay in school and get an education. (multiple speakers). >> don't the reality shows, the point of the reality shows that they are busting stereotypes showing how rot 10 is to be a teen mother -- video. (multiple speakers) (multiple speakers). >> -- just being on tv is enough for some people to think it's cool. >> you got to care. here is the life you can have if you don't get pregnant. that's important. at the same time though, frankly we have been way too accepting of teenaged motherhood in this country at every refuel i'm not saying to scorn people but shouldn't be celebrated. >> that's it for edition of too the contrary. next week for women's history month, a special show honoring women making history. let us know who you think is the most influential woman in history. please check our website, c cbs.org. this week, gay marriage makes headlines nationwide. and whether your views for agreement or to the contrar
to education, which is what you're after to improve your life. >> this is the life you will lead if you have a child at this age and this is the life you could have if you stay in school and get an education. (multiple speakers). >> don't the reality shows, the point of the reality shows that they are busting stereotypes showing how rot 10 is to be a teen mother -- video. (multiple speakers) (multiple speakers). >> -- just being on tv is enough for some people to think it's...
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i mean, i had a little education along the way, i hope i learned something in the process. but i never expected to be asked to serve on the supreme court. i was very honored. i wasn't sure i should do it. i had never argued a case at the core, i had not been a law clerk at the court. >> did the president himself call you? >> he did. my phone wrong and it was ronald reagan an the phone. he said, sandra, i'd like to announce your nomination for the court tomorrow. frank lie my heart sang. >> really? >> it really did. because i was not at all sure that i could do the job well enough. i didn't know if i could. i told my husband and he said, oh, that's ridiculous, of course you can. and he was more certain and enthused than i was. >> then you came to washington and -- >> did i. >> do you think they treated you differently because you were a woman? >> well, they were very curious to meet me. those who didn't know me. number one, they were curious. number two, they weren't sure and number three, women are half of our voting population, aren't they? i think there was a certain hesi
i mean, i had a little education along the way, i hope i learned something in the process. but i never expected to be asked to serve on the supreme court. i was very honored. i wasn't sure i should do it. i had never argued a case at the core, i had not been a law clerk at the court. >> did the president himself call you? >> he did. my phone wrong and it was ronald reagan an the phone. he said, sandra, i'd like to announce your nomination for the court tomorrow. frank lie my heart...